This post is not intended to endorse any particular course of action for one’s life, especially if that potentially jeopardizes your health and well-being. Please do your own research and consider how that intersects with your values.
I am considering donating a lobe of my liver in a non-directed process and would welcome some community perspective:
Is this something you have researched or have done yourself?
Do you know anyone who has?
What are your thoughts about this from a cost-benefit/impact perspective?
A bit of context:
I am, by all accounts, healthy and would likely be eligible
I am okay with voluntary physical discomfort for others’ benefit:
I am a regular double-red blood donor
I have already donated a kidney in a non-directed donation
I participate in challenge trials when opportunities with high-impact potential become available (I recently participated in a Shigella study and am considering Malaria, Dengue, and Zika options for the fall)
Thank you, in advance, for sharing your perspective!
[Question] To donate or not to donate [a lobe of my liver]?
This post is not intended to endorse any particular course of action for one’s life, especially if that potentially jeopardizes your health and well-being. Please do your own research and consider how that intersects with your values.
I am considering donating a lobe of my liver in a non-directed process and would welcome some community perspective:
Is this something you have researched or have done yourself?
Do you know anyone who has?
What are your thoughts about this from a cost-benefit/impact perspective?
A bit of context:
I am, by all accounts, healthy and would likely be eligible
I am okay with voluntary physical discomfort for others’ benefit:
I am a regular double-red blood donor
I have already donated a kidney in a non-directed donation
I participate in challenge trials when opportunities with high-impact potential become available (I recently participated in a Shigella study and am considering Malaria, Dengue, and Zika options for the fall)
Thank you, in advance, for sharing your perspective!